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Single quotation marks suddenly appear around file and directory names
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That's to escape the space, so that it doesn't register as a separate keyword in whatever command you're running.
For paths/filenames with spaces, you must escape all spaces with the backslash, or use single/double quotes around it. Single quotes also prevent stuff like interpreting $ etc etc as a reference to a variable